Referring to rectitude of conduct, Shoghi Effendi spoke of
the “justice, equity, truthfulness, honesty, fair-mindedness, reliability, and
trustworthiness” that must “distinguish every phase of the life of the Bahá’í
community.” Though applicable to all its members, this requisite was directed
principally, he underscored, to its “elected representatives, whether local, regional,
or national,” whose sense of moral rectitude should stand in clear contrast to
“the demoralizing influences which a corruption-ridden political life so
strikingly manifests”. The Guardian called for “an abiding sense of undeviating
justice” in a “strangely disordered world” and quoted extensively from the Writings
of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, setting the sights of the friends on the
highest standards of honesty and trustworthiness.
- The Universal House of
Justice (From a letter dated 28 December, 2010, addressed to the Conference of
the Continental Boards of Counsellors)
